Arise & Work

Morning here at Bethesa. If you have your Bibles, hope that you do.

If you'll turn with me to First Chronicles, First Chronicles, chapter twenty

two. This morning's First Chronicles, chapter twenty two taught on My sermon today

is arise and work today. As we walk through this passage of scripture,

I want to see. I want us to see together on what God's call

is for us, his charge to us, his instructions for us. I

don't know about you, but I am the type that I like to do

one thing at a time. I like to if I have a task before

I start on another task, I want to get that first task done.

I don't like, you know, starting on something and getting on something and

then I don't know about you, Sometimes when I get started on one task,

all these thoughts of something ELSEIDE need to do come up, and then

I get sidetracks. A lot of times I write down those things so I

can do them later. Even shopping, like I am at one type.

Man. We went into that store for one thing, We're going first to

that one thing. Now. Bless my wife's heart, she's totally different.

The other week, just the other week, we went to a store and

we went in for the wedding. We were going to get some coffee syrup.

We were going into the store for a coffee syrup. I'll walk in

and Brandy's got cup cake plates and cake stands, and I thought, where's

the coffee SRT. I mean, that's what we came in here for.

So my mind, as we go in, we get the coffee syrup,

then we can look at something else. And so constantly was we were shopping.

I said, Brannie, stay on task. Brannie, stay on task.

She's off everywhere. So I don't know about you, but I like

to stay on task now in our lives. I don't want you to think

about has God called you to a task and the task that God's called you

to, have you completed it? Or has things in your life come about

that have gotten you off task or off the task that God has called you

to do. I think I've shared with you before when I was in college,

my freshman year or in my sophomore year, I had a car accident.

And in that car accident, I had put my head through a windshield,

and I remember sitting in the ambulance on the way to the hospital,

and I really didn't know how bad my injuries were, and I was contemplating

it was just the end for Jonathan. And I remember in the hospital,

I mean sitting in the ambulance on the way to the hospital, as I

was contemplating whether I was going to make it or not. I was not

worried about whether I would go to heaven or hell. I knew I had

a relationship with the Lord. I knew I was going to go to heaven.

What broke me that day was God, I know, You've put me

on this earth for a task, and I knew at that point I had

not been faithful to do what God called me to do. And I felt

like in that moment, God was giving me another opportunity to complete the task.

You know, as we come to the end of the year into twenty

twenty three, as you look at the last year, just span over your

last year of your life. I don't know what God's called you to do

last year. I don't know whether you stayed on task or you got off

task. But I tell you this today, I can tell you with all

confidence today God's given you another day. God's going to give you another year

to complete the task that God has before you. And so today, as

we look at this pastor of scripture, I want you to see what God's

called us to to tie this sermon as we walk through it, use three

different parts of this passage. This morning, we're going to see God's work,

We're going to see God's instructions, and we're gonna see God's charge.

And this morning I want you to consider God, did have I completed what

You've called me to do? How am I staying on task? And how

am I following your work? How am I following your instructions? How God

am I obeying your charge? So let's stand and let's read God's word together.

It's first Chronicles twenty two, and we're going to start in verse six.

This morning, this is what the Bible says. This is the word

of the Lord. Then he called Solomon for his son and charged him to

build a house of the Lord, the God of Israel. David said to

Solomon, my son, I had it in my heart to build a house

of the to the name of the Lord, my God. But the Lord,

the Lord came to me, saying, you shall you have shed much

blood and have waged great wars, and you shall not build a house to

my name because you have shed so much blood before me, and on earth.

Behold, a son shall be born to you and to you, and

who shall be a man of rest. And I will give him rest from

all his surrounding enemies, and for his for his name shall be Solomon,

and I will give peace and quiet to Israel and to his in his days.

And he shall build a house for my name, and he shall be

build my and he shall be my son, and I will be his father,

and I will establish his royal throne in Israel forever. David says in

verse eleven. Now, my son, the Lord be with you, so

you may succeed in building the House of the Lord your God. As he

has spoken concerning you. Only may the Lord grant you discretion and understanding,

and that he and that when he gives you your you charge over Israel.

You may keep the law the Lord your God. Then you will prosper if

you're careful to reserve the statutes and the rules that the Lord commanded. Moses,

visual be strong and courageous. Fear not, do not be dismayed,

for with great pains, I've provided for the House of the Lord one one

hundred thousand talents of gold, and a million talents of silver and bronze and

iron beyond weight, for there is so much of it. Timber and stone

too, I have provided to these you must add. And you have an

abundance of workmen, stonecutters, masons, carpenters, and all kinds of Christmas

without numbers killed in working gold, silver, bronze and iron. Arise and

work. The Lord be with you. And David also commanded all the leaders

of visual to help Solomon's son, saying, is that not the Lord your

God with you, has not giving you peace on every side, For has

delivered the inhabitants of the land, and too my hand, and the land

is subdued before the Lord is. People. Now set your mind, listen

to this and your heart to see the Lord your God. Arise and build

the sanctuary of the Lord your God, so that the ark of the Covenant

of the Lord and the holy vessels of God may be brought into the house

built for the name of the Lord. Let's pray together, Father, I

thank you for this morning. I thank you that to who you've brought here

to the service, and those who are watching on TV and online. God,

we know that this is a time that we have given ourselves as a

church body to worship you, to hear your word. Say the Lord,

I pray today that you might feel me, that I might decrease, God,

that you might give me your words, and Lord, I would declare,

Lord, what you want for your people Today, Lord, we long

to hear from you, God, So speak Father. Today we pray,

give us hearts to hear, a will to obey, And Lord, may

we listen for you today. God, God, may you move in this

place in a way that only you can. Lord, Father, we ask

in your name. We pray, Amen, you may be seated. So

again, there's three parts of the sermon. When you see God's work,

which you see God's instructions in God's charge. First, let's look at God's

work. The Bible says David comes to his son Solomon, and he has

a message for his son Solomon. The first thing he says in verse eight.

Look, he says that David said to Solomon, and verse seven,

my son, I had in my heart to build the house of the name

of the Lord, my God. But the word came to me saying,

you have shed much blood and have waged great wars, and you shall not

build the house of my name, because you've shed so much blood before me.

Behold, a son shall be born to you, and he shall be

a man of rest, and I will give him rest from all his surrounding

enemies. And for his name shall be Solomon. David comes to Solomon,

says to Solomon, I want you to know the God spoke to me,

and so I don't want you to know. God spoken to me that God's

got a plan for you, and I want you to understand. For David,

he understands this was God's work. God's work was that God was going

to give him a son. And then that son that God was going to

give him, God was going to give that sum with the gifts that he

was needed, the talents that he's needed to build the House of the Lord.

Here David is planning to build a temple, and here he comes to

Solomon. He assures him, Solomon, God's created you for this, which

you see. He explains that in verse eight and ten, he says,

in verse ten, he shall here's God's instructions. God shall, I mean

God's work. He shall build a house for my name, and he shall

be my son, and I will be his father, and I'll establish his

royal throne. He explains to Solomon, Solomon, God has chosen you for

this. God created you for this. God created you for this purpose.

Verse ten says that He says thirdly that Solomon, God created you for this.

God's given you purpose for this, and You're going to do this for

the Lord. You see in all the things of God orchestrating different things in

your life, Solomon, my son, God did this for a purpose,

and God wants to use you that you might bring glory to his name.

Do you just think about that just a minute for you and your life.

You know that God created you for a purpose. God's created you for a

task. And just as God uniquely equipped Solomon with gifts, with wisdom,

with different things for the purpose of building the temple, God's uniquely given you

talents and gifts that you might be used to bring glory to his name.

Have you ever thought about that? Have you ever considered, Lord, what

are the gifts and the talents that You've given me? And that I might

use those gifts and talents that you created in me for a purpose that I

might give glory to your name. I don't know about you. I think

all of us can think about people in our lives that are gifted. I

can think about a friend of mine that we were friends in college and just

a man who was uniquely gifted. And he was gifted with a voice.

It had one of the most incredible voices I've ever heard vocally, But you

know, as much as he was gifted with that voice and gifted to sing,

he didn't like to use the gift. He didn't like to sing.

He did sing, and he would do it for school and for different things

at church occasionally, but he didn't like to use the gift. And I

think many of us know stories and now times past twenty years of past,

and I'm sure he's probably using his gift in an incredible way now, but

then he didn't want to use that gift. And I think all of us

can think about people that you know are gifted at different skills. Maybe it

is craftsmanship, maybe it is vocally, maybe it is their personality. They're

gifted with different things. Some are gifted with teaching, some are gifted to

serve and just our servant. Some are gifted with hospitality. And you've ever

met people who are gifted in such a way, but they don't want to

use their gifts for the Lord. And you have thought, and I have

thought, oh what a waste man. They use these gift in different areas.

But what if they would just use that gift for the Lord. I

want to ask you today God's work today as we look at this passage of

scripture, God's work is a work of equipping you and gifting you to be

used for His glory. You ever thought about that? What is God doing

today? One of the thing that God has done already today as we come

to this passage scripture, is he already equipped you with the gifts and the

talents that's needed that you might be used for His glory? Says you come

today and you think about last twenty twenty three and whether that I use what

was that on task? Do what God asked me to do? Can I

tell you part of God's work already is He's already given you everything you needed.

He's already given you everything you need to accomplish the task that was His

work. Now it's left up to you whether you're going to do your work

and completing the task. Maybe this year is this year that God's given you

another chance. He's given you another chance to use to do the work that

he's done with giving you the gifts and doing that for the glory of the

Lord. I want you see. Secondly, God's instructions. So he comes

to Solomon. He says, I want you to tell you, Solemn and

God's done at work already, and that work is that God's given me a

word. And that word is that God has raised you up. God's raising

you up to build a temple for his name, and God's given you the

skills. God's given you the talents, and you're going to do it for

the Lord and for the glory of the Lord's name. That's God's works.

I'm Solomon, It's already been completed. Now he comes to Solemn money and

gives God's instructions. Look at verse eleven. He says, now, my

son, the Lord be with you so that you may succeed in but building

the house of the Lord your God, as he has spoken to concerning you.

So he says, okay, now, son, God has done his

work. He's given you all the talents and that you need to do the

task. Now, I want to give you some instruction. Son, I

want to make sure you're successful. And that's how he begins that the Lord

may be with you, and that you may succeed in the task. And

what is the task? Building the house of the Lord. So he wants

to give him instructions God's instruction. Look at verse twelve. Here's the first

instruction. Only may the Lord grant you discretion and understanding, that when he

gives you a charge of Isuel, you may keep the law of the Lord,

your God. The first instruction that God has for Solomon is Solomon,

set your minds to seek only the Lord. Look at this passage of script

sure in verse twelve. He says, in verse eleven, here's God's destructions

that you may succeed. And here's the verse instruction, Only may the Lord

grant you discretion and understanding. The word only there is is commonly in the

Hebrew no one or nothing else, the idea that no one or nothing else

may give you understanding or discretion or guide you in completing the tasks the imagery

here that Solomon's saying, and just follow the passages of scripture in verses twelve,

Only may what may the Lord grant you discretion? You know what his

first instruction is to Solomon, Solomon, set your mind to seek only the

Lord's will, his instructions, his directions. You know, many years ago,

we Oprah had a she would have her TV show back then, and

she was interviewing Joelstein. She was bringing Joel Elsteen in and she wanted to

he was still very popular back then, and as she's probably ten years back

and then that in that interview, she wanted to ask Joel Olsten what his

view is whether Jesus was the only way. She also wanted to get Joelsteine's

view on homosexuality and what he thought about whether Jesus is the only way or

and what Joelstein believed about homosexuality. Can I tell you today, it really

doesn't matter what Oprah Winfrey says about whether Jesus is the only way. It

really doesn't matter what Oprah Winfrey says about homosexuality. It really doesn't matter what

Joelsteine says about homosexuality, and what Joelstein says about Jesus is the only way.

The only one who we should listen to for direction and wisdom and discretion

in this life is only the Lord. And I tell you that because listen,

there's so many of us in our lives. We say, God,

I want to complete your task, but I want to look for instructions on

how to do it from someone else besides you, Lord. I want to

get wisdom and I want to get direction on on how I've used my life.

I want to get wisdom and direction from my friends, or from my

family, or from some person I see as wise in the world or better

yet in our world today, I want to get wisdom from the culture and

what the culture says is right or wrong for the direction of how I'm going

to complete the task, David says to Solomon. Solomon, Okay, God's

work is He's already given you everything you need. And now as you set

on the task and accomplish what God has given you, can I tell you

first, Son, the very most important thing that you start with is only

listen to the Lord. Listen to all the other voices out there. Only

set your mind and your heart to only listen. Look at the verse twelve.

Only may only the Lord grant you discretion and understanding. Man, Too

many times in our lives we fail at the task God's given us. It's

because we're listening to other voices besides the Lord's, he says to Son God

sets you on a task. God's got something for you. God's equipped you

to do it, and Son, if you're going to have success, it

starts with you only listen to God and only listening to the word of God.

I want you to see. Secondly, this is really powerful here.

Not only does David say to Solomon, Okay, if you're going to complete

the task, want to hear God's work, which see God's instructions. The

first structure of God is only listen to the voice of God. Secondly,

instruction is set your heart to seek only him. Look at verse thirteen.

Scripture says, and we'll leave re twelve up to thirteen. Only may the

Lord grant you discretion and understanding that when he gives you a charge over Israel,

you may keep. And here's the imagery the law the Lord your God,

and listen to what verse thirteen. Then you'll prosper if feel careful to

observe the statues and the rules that Lord commanded Moses for Israel. Be strong

and courageous, do not fear, do not be dismayed. The first imagery

there instruction for David was listen to only listen to the voice of God.

Then the next part is not only will you only follow God's or hear from

God's voice and get instructions from only the Lord, but supporting when you hear

those things, to be faithful, to have a heart that obeys. So

here the second instruction from the Lord is set your heart the Lord only to

hear his voice and only his voice, to hear his instruction and only his

instructions. But secondly, to have a heart to only obey the Lord and

his commands. I think it's really important for you understand that as we come

to this pastor of scripture, he says that your mind only hear from the

Lord. Set your heart only obey the Lord. And as you follow the

verse you see David says here in verse thirteen, then you will prosper.

Right, if you have a heart and you had a mind I only listen

to the voice of God and not listen to all the other voices of the

world. If you have a heart to then obey what God tells you,

then you'll want prosper. You know, as we come to this world and

we come to our task, and we come to the different things that God's

asked you to do and leading you to do. Is giving you the gifts

to do it. And as you start thinking about what does God want me

to do? Was instructions for me? Then you have to go to the

next part. Well, second, lea, or do I have a heart

to obey it? You know, it's one thing today. I mean,

there's so many people here today, and there's so many people watching online,

and some of you are been faithful. You've been part of the that's it

for a long time. And it's not the first time you've heard me preach

a sermon. It's not the first time you heard the word of God.

So it's not really a problem where you've heard the instructions of God, right,

you know the word of God. Some of the problem is not the

first part. The problem is the second part. Am I really obeying what

God has asked me to do? So it comes to the question, what's

the problem? If I had the mind to comprehend the word of God and

I'm only listening to the word of God and only really really God's word says,

then why can I not complete the task? Why did I not complete

the task in twenty twenty three? Well, why did I complete it a

month ago? Why did God tell me to do something many many years ago,

and today I still haven't ever done it. And the reason why is

because listen, we did not have the heart to what obey. You know,

as as a passage of Scripture I think is really troubling. I think

it's not really troubling, it's really powerful verse. And the Bible verse is

actually Matthew six nineteen through twenty one Jesus speaking, and Jesus says these words.

He says, do not lay up your self treasures on earth, where

mouth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and still, but lay

up yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, where thieves

do not break in and still. For where your treasure is, there your

heart will also be. You know what Jesus is instructing there. He's instructing

us to set our heart on things in heaven, or set a heart to

heaven, because where heaven, where our heart is, Scripture says, there

our treasure will be. And what he's saying there is what you love is

what you worship. What you love is what you obey. You know the

reason why many of us have not completed the ties that God has put before

us. It's not an obedience issue. It's a heart issue. It's not

a obedience issue. Listen to this. It's a love issue. We love

something else more than we love what God has commanded us to do. This

week, as you see these flowers, it's laying out here. This is

flowers for my daughter's wedding. We wanted to get another use out of Amen.

But this week we you know, we we did all kinds of different

things and getting ready for the wedding. We on Christmas Day we ironed ironed

boy, I'm a good ironer, ironed tablecloths to eleven o'clock on Christmas Day

night. Yep, we we did all kinds of stuff. We got dressed

up. We we spent time for doing different things. We did just we

spent an enormous amount of time. We spend an enormous amount of money.

But why do we do all that? Why don't we go through a great

lens to make sure everything's right, to get all the right things, to

get the cake plates even though we were only going for coffee, sir?

Right, when did we go through all that? And why do we do

all these great lens for that day? You know? Why? Why don't

we sacrify much, so much time and so much money because we love our

daughter, and so our doing things for her was based not because we had

to, because we loved her. And we take that into our relationship with

the Lord. If we love God and he is where our heart is,

then out of a flow of a love for him than what we will want

to obey him. We don't obey him because we have to. We obey

him because we love him and he is what's first for us. You know,

a passage of scripture that's probably one of the greatest illustrations that this is

in the Old Testament story of Sampson. You know, the Bible tells this

that before Samson was born, he was chosen, just like Solomon was chosen.

I mean, just like, yeah, Solomon is chosen. His parents

even made this what they call a Nazarite vow. It means that he would

be a holy man. He would not eat or he would only eat certain

things. He would not drink wine, he would not touch certain things.

He was committed to that. His parents wanted to send him part wanted to

do something really special. But you know the problem is when they made that

vow, when he was born. But when Solomon rose up or grew up,

guess what, he loved women more than love God, and so he

gave himself to Harlot's Delilah was a woman who came, and instead of committing

to obeying his vows that he made to the Lord, he gave himself to

Delilah. He was not supposed to cut his hair, and he what loved

Delilah than he loved God, so he will cut his hair. You see,

the problem with Sampson was this. It wasn't a commitment problem. It

was a heart problem. He loves something else more than he loved God.

And I ask you today when it comes to your task that God's called you

to. God's given you the talents and the gifts. God has given you

instructions, and I hope that you're only listening to the voice of God.

But the next thing that you and I must consider if we're going to complete

the task that God's called for us, is God, do I love you

more than anything else? Or is what's taking me the off task that You've

tell me to Is I really love my job more than I love the church,

or really loved this hobby more than I love the church, or I

really loved this hobby more than I loved you, Or I really loved my

job more than I loved you, I really loved my money more than I

loved you. I really love this relationship more than I love you. And

God, what keeps me from doing what you call me to do? It's

not a commitment problem, it's a love problem. I really just don't love

you like I should. God. Can I tell you today? God loves

you, and right where you are, it may not your love may not

be like it should. And your treasure is where your heart is, and

where your heart is today is not where it should be. And maybe today

God's calling you to say in twenty twenty four, I want more of your

heart. I want more of your love. I want you to love me

with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength. I want you

to love me with all of yourself. I want you to see. Lastly,

I want you to see God's work. God's gifted you. God's instructions.

Set your minds to seek him, set your heart to obey him.

And by the way, that's what he says to the leaders in verse nineteen.

Set your mind and your heart to seek the Lord your God. You

see God's instructure, I mean God's work, God's instructions. But lastly,

God's charge. Scripture says that after he tells Solomon all these things, in

verse fourteen, he says, with great pains, I've provided all these things,

and he describes all the provisions. He has all the gold, and

all the silver, and all the iron, all the workers who are provided

in the verse fifteen. In verse sixteen again he describes the rest of the

gold, and then verse sixteen, at the very end, he says,

arise and work. May the Lord be with you. What is God's charge

to us? Lastly? Today? Number one, God's gifted you. That

was God's work. Secondly, God's instructions is what set your minds to seek

him, set your hearts to obey. What is God's charge? Arise and

work? Can I say to you today as we come to the very end

of this passage, as we come to the end of the year today,

God's charged for you. Today. You look in the past and you say,

you know what, twenty twenty three, I didn't finish what God called

me to do. I'm coming into a new year. What is God's message

for you to do today? Arise and work. Can I say to us,

maybe today all through this room, listening today with the people today,

say you know what today, no more excuses. Today, It's time for

me arise and go to work. God's given me everything I need to accomplish

the task. You know, I don't know about you, but there's times

where I'll have a little task and I'll be excited about doing it. Accomplishing

one thing I like to do is the one thing that God's kind of gifted

me at is pretty good with technology and different things. And a few years

ago, I had a Mac computer that was messed up, and so I

think it was Mac Minnie, and so I decided that I was gonna tear

it apart, and I'd watch YouTube and watch a bunch of videos how to

do it. And so I went to go to do it and realize that

I didn't have one of the right tools. I had to have a specially

security screwdriver. So I went to Seers at the time and found that particular

special screwdriver I had to have. I came back and thought it was excited

about doing it, and realized that the part that was in the computer that

was broken, I didn't have, so as much as I wanted to complete

the task, I didn't have everything needed. You ever felt like that in

your life? You ever felt like Okay, Pastor, yeah, I hear

you. I feel like God called me to do something. God's calling me

to do something. God calling me to use my times, my talents.

I feel like God's gifted me to serve the church, and I really need

to get involved in serving. I really need to get involved in using my

gift of really getting more involved to just in church. Whatever it is God.

I feel like God want me to do that. But Pastor, I

feel like there's something missing in me. And although I want to do it,

I'm excited about doing I really feel like the Lord wants me to do

it. I really feel like I don't have everything necessary to complete the task.

Can I tell you what the Word of God says in First or Second

Peter one three says, his divine power has granted to us all all things

that pertain the life and Godliness through the knowledge of Him who has called us

to his own glory and excellence. You know what that pastor says to you

that as you became a believer in Jesus Christ, listen to me, God

gave you everything that you need, all divine power Scripture says, and everything

that you need for a life, and God inness God has granted to you

in salvation. There's nothing else missing in you. The only thing that's missing

is for you today is to obey God's call, to obey God's charge to

rise and work. Can I say to you last the today? You know?

The beautiful message as we finish up this story is, I guess a

sad and beautiful message. The sad message is that Solomon did complete the temple.

But the sad message is he didn't listen to just instructures of the Lord.

He didn't have a heart to obey the Lord. Actually Solomon failed.

Sad news is that temple that Solomon built would be destroyed because of the sin

of visual But the good news is, and the beautiful messages today that Solomon's

story is pointing to a greater story. And the greater story is that God's

work and only would give you everything that you need. But God would raise

up another son. And his son was born in Bethlehem, and his name

was Jesus. And God's work in that that he would raise up a son,

that that son might be your perfect sacrifice for your sins. That God's

working this, that He loves you today, even though you may have felled

on the task, even though you may not love him like you should,

even though you may be listening to other instructions or following other people's advice.

God so loved you that scripture saved that he gave his only begotten son for

you, that who shall over believe in Him shall not perish, but have

ever lasting life. Good news for you today if you're not a believer here

today is that Jesus loves you, and God loves you, and he sent

his only son to die for you. And also the good news is another

part of God's work is not always God's sh struction. And God's instruction to

his son was what even though you and I may failing hearing God's word and

obeying God's although times we may fear and fail, and having a heart to

obey the God's word, that son that would be born would follow God's instructions

even to the point of death. Philippians too says that though he was in

the form of God, he did not count equality with God a thing to

be grass, but he emptied himself by taking the form of a servant,

being born in likeness of men and being found in human form. Listen to

this, he Jesus humble himself to become obedient to the point of death,

even death on the cross. Isn't it the good news today that even though

we may fail, and listening in God's instructions, even though we may fell,

and having a heart to obey the Lord, our savior, Jesus Christ

obeyed perfectly. He followed God's structions perfectly. That listen, that where we

failed, he might be our What substitute? Can I tell you? The

good news today is that lastly God's charge was what to rise up and work,

rise up and build a temple, a temple that would be destroyed.

But Jesus came and lived and died that he might what be the new temple?

The Bible says in First John, not First John, in the Gospel

of John two nineteen. Jesus answered them, says, destroy this temple.

In three days, it will rise up. And then the Jews says,

it's taken forty six years to build this temple, and you'll raise it up

in three days. But he was speaking about the temple of his body,

and when therefore he was raised from that his disciples remembering that he had said

this, and they believed the scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken.

Can I tell you today that Jesus arose again that he might be the new

temple, that you today might worship him. Can I tell you today,

if you've never accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and savior, no matter how

bad you've wasted your life, that God has given you. God so loved

the world that he gave his son for you. Can't tell you today,

no matter how bad you've just disobeyed the Lord, Jesus obeyed the Lord perfectly

that you might be forgiven. Can't I tell you today how, no matter

how bad you have been about using your gifts for God, Jesus died and

rose again that you might your worship today might be restored today. Would you

believe in Jesus today? Would you put your trust in Jesus for salvation today?

Will you accept his love for you today? Will you accept his gift

of salvation today? Would you arise? Would you work? Will you by

God's instructions? Will you believe in God's work for you? Will you pray

with me. Lord, we love you. We thank you for what a

wonderful passage of scripture. God, we thank you for what a wonderful son.

Scripture says. We've all gone astray. We've each have gone our own

way, But God, you laid on him the iniquity of us all.

God, we thank you that, Lord, and our failure. We thank

you where there's grace that's found in our Savior today. And I pray that

to be people today all across this room would acknowledge their shortcomings but find hopeing

You Jesus, hope in your love, hoping your forgiveness, hoping repentance today

and pray to be those who would evaluate Lord their love for you Father,

and say, today, Lord, I want to hear your voice, or

today I want to give you my heart in my life. And I pray

thee be those who would make that decision today, or would pray that this

would be a time where we would respond to you in your leading. Today,

in your name, we pray amens and draw too. Fis